Key Ring

Name/Title

Key Ring

Entry/Object ID

1996.49.25

Description

Key ring with a car-shaped metal fob. One side of the fob is engraved with details of the car and stamped, "PAT NOV 7 1911". The other side is stamped with the label, "BUY YOUR AUTO OF F. B. GILLETT, JONESVILLE, VT. TRY HIM". The center of the front tire is punched through into a square hole (ratchet), and the top of the windshield is arched downward to be a can or bottle opener.

Context

Made to advertise F. B. Gillet of Jonesville, Vermont, in 1911.

Acquisition

Accession

1996.49

Source or Donor

Heatherington, Avis Laura Brown (1914-2001)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1911

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Ring, Key

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Personal Carrying & Storage Gear

Nomenclature Class

Personal Gear

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Material

Metal

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Village

Jonesville

Town

Richmond

County

Chittenden County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America